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" Country couple Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton are engaged to be married.  Shelton surprised the singer on Sunday with a platinum diamond ring after phoning Lambert&amp;#039;s father to ask for his blessing, reports E! Online.  &amp;quot;That was so Southern and old-school and perfect,&amp;quot; said Lambert.  &amp;quot;Weddings are great and engagements are great and diamonds are especially great. But I&amp;#039;m just excited to be married because I want to tell Blake I really can love him the rest of my life and be happy and make him happy.&amp;quot; The engagement came only hours after both Shelton and Lambert were announced as nominees for this year&amp;#039;s Country Music Awards.  The pair began dating in 2006.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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